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Show GINGERBREAD THAT ALL LIKE. Delicacy Popularly Supposed to Hav Originated In Nuremberg. Break five whole raw egrgs in a large bowl, and whip them for five minutes with an egg beater, then add eight powdered cloves, a pinch of ground cinnamon, half a grated nutmeg, quarter quar-ter of an ounce of ground ginger, ten ounces of sugar, and work all togelh-ed togelh-ed for about ten mlntues, then add four ounces of candied lemon and orange or-ange peel cut in small dice shapes, six ounces of flour sifted and warmed, three ounces of creme de rlz, a pinch of salt, and three teaspoons of baking powder should be mixed with the dry flour before it Is stirred in. When theso are well mixed add half a pound of sweet almonds, blanched and split in halves, and half a teaspoon of soda dissolved in two tablespoonfuls of cold single cream. Brush over a deep baking tin with warm butter, and paper it with a paper pa-per likewise brushed over, sprinkle it with chopped almonds, and pour In the mixture, brush the top over with a little cold milk, and bake in a moderate oven for rather better than half an hour. Then turn it out and cut it fn any fancy shapes, such as rounds, squares, diamonds, etc. |